Collision was an American heavy metal

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 band from New York City

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 that formed in 1979. Playing in relative obscurity for nearly 13 years, they were signed by Chaos/Columbia

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 after they heard one of the band's demos

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. The band then released their first full-length album entitled Collision in 1992. In 1995, they released their second and last full-length album, Coarse, with Sony Music Distributing

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. An EP named Collision was released in 1998, then the group disbanded. They re-emerged in 2005 re-named Kollizion with a self-titled EP, but again disbanded.